Medical Asepsis and Infection Control
What is Routine Practices
Refers to the use of physical and chemical means to remove or destroy pathogens on an item that it is no longer capable of transmitting disease
What is Decontamination
Also known as "Corex" glassware in the laboratory
What is Alumina-Silicate glass
Slender, hairlike processes that constantly beat toward the outside to remove microorganisms from the body
What is Cilia
Describes the complete process of an infection spreading from one host to the next
What is the Chain of Infection or Infection Process Cycle
Cleaning agent that uses enzymes that will digest proteins stuck on items
What is Multi-Enzymatic cleaner
Objective lens used for wide views, finding a specimen
What is Scanning objective lens
What is coughing and sneezing
Occurs when a single contaminated source spreads microbes to multiple susceptible hosts
What is Common Vehicle Transmission
Refers to level of disinfection that inactivates most vegetative bacteria, most viruses and most fungi
What is Intermediate Level of Disinfection
What is To Deliver (TD)
Reasonably anticipated skin, eye, mucous membrane or other potentially infectious material that may result from the performance of an employees duties
What is Occupational Exposure
Evaluation of risk factors related to the contact between: healthcare worker and patient, e.g.
What is Dry Heat Oven Sterilization
speed of centrifuge is measured as ___
What is Revolutions per minute (RPM)
What is Postexposure evaluation and follow-up procedures
What is Source Control
BONUS!
Commonly used spore to determine sterility. G. ____________ (spelling)
What is G. stearothermophilus (Geobacillus stearothermophilus)
The process passes water under pressure through semi-permeable membrane to remove impurities
What is Reverse Osmosis